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A Puzzling Timeline
Commentators note a chronological puzzle. David reigned over Judah for seven years, but Ish-bosheth is said to have reigned for only two. Scholars suggest a few possibilities: there may have been a five-year power vacuum, a textual error, or the 'two years' marks when the war began, not the total length of his reign.
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2 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Samuel 2:10
18th Century
Theologian
Forty ... two - The numbers presented here are somewhat strange. First, regarding the forty years. If we assume Ish-bosheth’s reign did not …
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 2:10
17th Century
Pastor
Ishbosheth, Saul's son, [was] forty years old when he began to
reign over Israel
Bein…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 2:8–17
17th Century
Minister
The nation in general refused David. By this, the Lord trained up His servant for future honor and usefulness; and the tendency of true godliness w…